Bathing cap



r. w. CASEY Oct. 24, 1933.

BATHING CAP Filed Dec. 26, 1931 1 scalp byreason of defectively curedrubber inthe tional cap..

Patented Oct. 24, 19 33 UNITED STATES PA NT FF E "QBATHING CAP 'l homasCasey, Fairlawn, Ohio Application December 26, 1931 'Serial No. 583,255

' .4 laimsi (ore- 68 V This invention relates to bathing caps, and hasalong. the edge of the cap and a second chain of for its main object theprovision of a rubber baththread spaced upwardly from the. edge andbeing cap which will effectively maintain a bathers tween which chainsconnecting stitches are dishair dry while at thesame time, being morecomposed zi-zag fashion. This type of stitching fortable to, wear thanrubber bathing caps of effectively unites'the parts, trims the edge of'the the more or less conventional form; It is also an cap, and also issuch that expansion of the edge of object of the invention to provide arubber baththe cap is not limited, (such stitching being loning caphaving means whereby. the wearer is progitudinally expansible) wherebythe edge of the tected from danger of infection to the hair orcap'retains the. forrnfitting ability of a convencap. i l I The lining11 may be formed of any suitable Other objects and advantages of theinvention textile material, but preferably of material such will beunderstood by reference to the following as glove. silk which is sowoven or knitted that it specification and accompanying drawing in whichcapable of substantial stretching in at least 5 a bathing cap embodyinga selected form of the one direction] One practical way of makinginvention is illustrated. I Q thelining is to make it'in quadrants,there being In the drawing:-- two substantially like front parts such asindi- Fig. 1 is a perspective of a helmet type bathing bated at 18inFig. 4, and two substantially like cap embodying the invention. rearparts such as indicated at 19 in Fig. 4.

20 Fig. 2 is a section through the cap on a ver- The rear part 19 isprovided with an integrally tical plane extending from front to rear ofthe formed earlobe portion 20 which depends from cap. the lower edge ofthe part adjacent its front Fig. 3 is a perspective of a lining element.edge 21. The rear edge 22 of the front part Fig. 41s an illustration oflining member blanks 18 and the frontedge 21 of the rear part 19 25which are used in forming the lining. are brought together and united bystitching as Fig. 5 is an illustration of a modified lining indicatedat23 in Fig. 3, thereby forming a member blank. concavo-convex lining sidepart. .Two such parts Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the lining formed ofrespectively opposite concavo-convex forma with blanks such asillustrated in Fig. 5. -tion, are brought together and united by a seam30 Fig. '7 is a section on the line '77 of Fig. 1, 2 4 which extendsfrom front to rear of the lining Referring now to the drawing, theimproved as is also clearly shown in Fig. 3. It will be obbathing capincludes an outer rubber member 10 served that the sideto side seam 23is disposed and a textile fabric lining member 11. In this well forwardof the ear lobe part of the cap instance a helmet type cap isillustrated and it so that the seam will not be apt to cause dis- 35includes ear lobes 12 which are formed integral comfort tothe wearer. Ofcourse, the exact with and depend from the lower edges of the outerorder of uniting the parts may be somewhat va- 7 and inner members 10and 11 respectively. The ried from that above described in that the twoouter rubber member and the fabric lining memfront parts might first beunited and the two her are united by a longitudinally expansible rowrear parts united after which the front and rear of'stitching 13 whichextends around the edge of parts would be united. However, forsimplicity the cap. of illustration, I have chosen to describe the v Achin strap 14 is provided for securing the cap method of formation asabove. 7 to the head of the wearer, this strap being at- If desired, thelining of the cap may be formed tached to the cap, any suitable way, forexample, in halves such as illustrated in Fig. 5, wherein through theagency of buttons such as illustrated the blank designated 25 isprovided with a trim0 at 15. One end of the strap 14 is provided with aangular shaped notch 26 in its upper portion, the series of openings16which are adapted to receive notch terminating somewhat forward andabove the button 15 and whereby the strap may be adthe ear lobe portion27. In forming a blank justed to fit the particular wearer. As shown insuch as 25 into a finished lining element, the

50 Fig. 7, the button includes an outer head over edges 28 and 29 at thefront and rear of the 55 over edge type which forms a chain of threadform a finished lining such as indicated in Fig.

which the strap 16 may be slipped, and an inner notch 26 are broughttogether and united by head or base 17 which fits betweenthe outerstitching, thereby forming a concavo-convex member 10 and lining member11. lining side part, which is adapted to be united The row of stitching13 is preferably of the to a similar but oppositely formed lining partto e 6. By inspection of Fig. 6, it will be'noted that the seam betweenthe notch edges '28 and 29 terminates. well above the ear lobe portionso that discomfort of the wearer can not occur by reason ofsuch seam.

The improved bathing "cap above described is advantageous over ordinaryor conventional types of bathing caps for the reason that the lining"present in the improved cap prevents the rubber outer body of the capfrom having a clinging effect on the wearer, and in that the liningeliminates a considerable danger of infection to the hair or scalp,which sometimes'occurs by reason of incompletely or otherwisedefectivelycured rubber. It is also generally recognized that the feel of therubber-against the skin is unpleasant and uncomfortable, and thisobjection to ordinary rubber caps is overcome by the improved structure;of rubber against the skin is especially noticeable when moisturecondenses on the inside of the unlined rubber caps, so'that a'dded'tothe unpleasant feel of rubber is the unpleasant wetness, both of whichare avoided in the improved structure.

To' more effectively prevent the occurrence of The unpleasant feel 1. Ina bathing cap, the combination of a rubber outer member and a textilefabric lining secured therein, the lining being of material which iscapable of substantial stretching circumferentially of the cap and beingsewed at its edge to the edge of the outer member by longitudinallyexpansible stitching.

'2. a bathing cap, the combination of a rubber outer member of irregularperipheral .shape,.and a textile fabric lining for said outer member,said lining being of substantially the same shape as said outer memberand being .formed of a pair of substantially like front parts and a pairof substantially like rear parts, all of *said parts being united byseams extending outrows of stitches joining the front parts to the rearparts are so spaced longitudinally of the cap as toavoid contact withthe lobes of the ears of a wearer. 3 i

4. A cap as defined in claim 1 wherein said lining is formed of a pairof substantially similar side parts joined together at theiredges bystitching, each of-said side parts being shaped by having asubstantially V-shaped part out from the upper portion thereof and theedges adjacent the V being sewn together to form seams,saidlast-mentioned seams terminating a sufficient distance abovethelower edge of the cap to avoid contact with the ears of a wearer.

THOMAS W. CASEY.

